Murrindindi not nice, are you serious, sport??? I`m a great person, if I didn`t want to help you, I wouldn`t have responded! You CLEARLY stated the following; [Quote] : "Do I need to provide a pool for a Nile or Water monitor, they look like they are built to swim" [Enquote]. If you kept a Nile monitor for 10 years (as you said), SURELY you knew those species would need some water to at least soak in?

There`s absolutely no shame in being a beginner, but at least be honest about the fact!

My adviise is YES, both species need a place to soak in, but as FR said, (at least for the adults), "swimming" would require an enormous body of water, so just a bowl/pond large enough for them to completely submerge their whole body and tail in is fine (they can and do obviously curl around, so not necessary to have it too long/large)...

I hope that helps, and I hope also, you no longer think I`m "not nice" or unhelpful. Any more questions, just ask!!

And I agree with FR; it must feel absolutely great seeing someone else being told they`re not a nice person (just as so many say he isn`t)!!

I don`t believe that of him for a moment, he gives some of the most fantastic information on keeping varanids PROPERLY in captivity I`ve ever seen, it takes a GREAT person to go to the length he does to try and help others..... (Shhhh)...

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